1. Unit 12

2. Objectives In this unit students are required to: 1.master the Main language structures 2.practice listening comprehension 3.learn dialogues 4.do some preparation activities such as discussion, group work, pair work to practice their spoken skill and communicative skills 5grasp some new words and try to use these words which help them to enrich their vocabulary 6.read the in-class reading passages in a limited time and grasp some expressions and grammatical points in the in-class reading passages to improve their reading comprehension 7do some post-reading exercises in the Workbook to practice what they have got to know in class to practice their spoken skill and communicative skills

3. Teaching Tasks and Process Language Structures Dialogue I 1. Warm-up Questions 2. Main Idea 3. Language Points Reading I 1. Warm-up Questions 2. Main Idea 3. Language Points Reading II 1. Background Information 2. Warm-up questions 3. Main Idea Exercises / Discussion Assignments

4. Language Structures The passive voice converted from an active sentence containing the make somebody do something pattern formed by get + -ed participle with a past perfect modal auxiliary converted from an active sentence containing the know / think somebody to be pattern converted from an active sentence containing the want somebody to do something pattern

5. Dialogue I Music

6. Warm-up Questions How do you define a good stereo system? What are the major categories of music? How much do you know about the history of music and the development of music reproduction technology? In what direction will music reproduction technology develop in the future? What type of music is your favorite music?

7. Main Idea In this dialogue, A and B first talk about B’s wonderful stereo system and B tells A that he is crazy about music and enjoys almost every category of music. His favorite music is new age. At last, they recall the development of the music devices.

8. Language Points I feel like I’m sitting in a grand concert hall. feel like: e.g. Tony asked me to hold something that felt like a snake. Every time they had a quarrel, she was so angry that she felt like throwing something at him.

9. You certainly are an expert on music. be an expert on: 在 … 方面是专家 e.g. She was really an expert on hairdressing; it only took her five minutes to do up my hair. be an expert in / at sth.

10. … when the cassette player broke down. break down: ( 机器、车辆等 ) 出故障 e.g. He overslept this morning and, to add fuel to the fire, his car broke down on his way to work.

11. …make the CD as obsolete as the record… obsolete: adj. no longer in use; outmoded in design/style e.g. Computer systems have now made old methods of data processing obsolete.

12. Reading I The “Green Revolution”

13. Warm-up Questions What does the “Green Revolution” refer to? Why did various writers predict that there would be widespread famine? Name some countries with serious food shortages. What is “miracle rice”? What are some of the factors that caused the famines? What did the World Food Conference held in 1974 do for the world? Can technology alone help to feed the world’s people in the future? What did Dr. Borlaug think about technological development in grain production?

14. Main Idea This article is concerned with the green revolution and the way to solve food problem all over the world. It starts with the meaning of green revolution, its effect and influence. Then it tells readers the causes of famines. Afterwards, it introduces the World Food Conference in 1974, which presents new proposals to solve the food problem. At last, from the quotations of Norman Borlaug, readers know that unless the world population can be controlled, the food problem will not be solved even with the development of the technology. This article gives us a general description about the food problem and green revolution.

15. Language Points Only a few years ago various writers were predicting widespread famine as early as 1975. famine: 饥荒，灾荒 e.g. Last year, crop shortages caused famine in Asia; many people died of hunger.

16. The World Food Conference, sponsored by the United Nations and held in Rome in November 1974, made many recommendations. sponsor: v. to support, organize. It can also be used as a noun. e.g. This year, it is his turn to sponsor the party. She has already sponsored three poor students at university for 2 years.

17. The conference also gave attention to the problem of providing health services for people. give attention to: pay attention to e.g. The students gave great attention to the professor.

18. … which has vastly increased grain yields in developing countries. grain yields: amount of grains produced e.g. The living conditions of the farmers were expected to improve because farms had an exceptionally good yield this year. The current yield on government bonds is 5.3%.

19. Reading II The Irish Famine

20. Background Information

21. Warm-up Questions When did the Irish famine occur? Are its effects still felt today? Did lots of people suffer during the famine? What does one find it hard to believe? How did the nineteenth-century eyes look at the famine? What was thought to be the right thing to do ? Would a little more humanity shown by the British government have done any harm? What was the result of the famine? How did the Irish people feel about British after the famine?

22. Main Idea This article is about the Irish famine which happened 120 years ago. at the beginning, it tells the readers that Irish famine plays a very important role in shaping the relationship between Ireland and Great Britain. This famine was not very severe at first, but the British government did nothing to help and finally, it had reached terrifying proportions. A lot of Irish people blamed the British and since then, they always hold a bitter feeling towards the British. The article is full of sympathy to Irish people who suffered a lot in this famine and the author strongly criticizes the British government for this.

23. Exercises / Discussion Do some post-reading exercises in groups.

24. Assignments Do the guided writing and translation in Workbook.